Pope Francis told administrators of Catholic Universities in the world to educate students to have social and relational responsibility as fruits of their study.
According to Vatican Radio, the Holy Father was spoke to members of the International Federation of Catholic Universities under the theme: ‘New frontiers for university leaders: The future of health and the university ecosystem’ during a forum in Rome, Italy.
He said universities have to prepare new generations to become qualified professionals, advocates of the common good, creative and responsible leaders in social and civil life, with a proper vision of the person and the world’.
Universities today ‘need to consider what contribution they can and must make to the integral health of the person and to an inclusive ecology’, said the Pope.
The Pontiff stressed that Catholic Universities need to become places of solutions for civil and cultural progress through solidarity with perseverance and professionalism.
He noted how the development of the way humanity interacts with technology is ‘destined increasingly to influence people’s physical and psychological health’.
We need to remember that all teaching ‘entails asking ourselves about the why’. ‘It requires a reflection on the foundations and purposes of every discipline’, he said.